February 2009. The terrace of the BAT centre. Overlooking Durban's port. Jazz form the Cafe Bar. And April's elections in South Africa approaching. The Durban poet, writer and activist Faith ka-Manzi talks about her vision of complete freedom and her wish for political education of young people. Attitudes of "don't say a word!" are lingering not only in old township stories; which, none the less, she also tells. Faith ka-Manzi has been engaged in numerous political campaigns and is particularly concerned about issues of gender and sexual rights.
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